[New post] Thanksgiving poems for family and friends

Staff Reports posted: "Thanksgiving is America's harvest festival — a time to acknowledge the help of family and friends, and a reminder of what a gift it is to be alive. It's a day to overindulge in the here and now, even as we reflect on the past. In other words, it's the pe" Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government. Thanksgiving poems for family and friends Staff Reports Nov 23 Thanksgiving is America's harvest festival — a time to acknowledge the help of family and friends, and a reminder of what a gift it is to be alive. It's a day to overindulge in the here and now, even as we reflect on the past. In other words, it's the perfect holiday for poetry! While a barn full of winter stock and home with family and friends (socially distant or on Zoom, of course) does not fit with our popular conception of the poet as a solitary brooder, these poems show that the occasion has provided poets — from Harriet Maxwell Converse in the 19th century to Elizabeth Alexander in the 21st — with plenty of food for thought. Whether you're looking for a pre-meal toast, a scrap of American history, or a late-night conversation starter, these poems should provide ample stuffing. TOASTS AND PRAYERS A Thanksgiving to God, for his House By Robert Herrick Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing By James Weldon Johnson The Thanksgivings By Harriet Maxwell Converse Thanksgiving By Edgar Albert Guest FAMILY, FOOD, AND FELLOWSHIP Butter By Elizabeth Alexander Family Reunion By Maxine W. Kumin Perhaps the World Ends Here By Joy Harjo Stomackes By Albert Goldbarth Thanksgiving Magic By Rowena Bastin Bennett Yam By Bruce Guernsey Totem By Eamon Grennan THE SEASON My Triumph By John Greenleaf Whittier Signs of the Times By Paul Laurence Dunbar Thanksgiving Day By L. Maria Child The Garden of Proserpine By Algernon Charles Swinburne The Pumpkin By John Greenleaf Whittier When the Frost is on the Punkin By James Whitcomb Riley Zebra By C.K. Williams The Gift Outright By Robert Frost To Autumn By John Keats Comment Manage your email settings or unsubscribe. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/312193-thanksgiving-poems-for-family-and-friends/

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